Trauma1RN

Trauma1RN

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  1. I am a male RN, now bow down.

    Trauma1RN replied to Trauma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    Get to know your supply guy/girl. I just got mine to start ordering XL gloves and its

  2. I am a male RN, now bow down.

    Trauma1RN replied to Trauma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2: @bold. Post of the day

  3. I am a male RN, now bow down.

    Trauma1RN replied to Trauma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you there. I am 6'4" and being big doesn't help my back. I have been asked to lift 300lb patients out of bedside chairs with no help. Or when the patient is transporting by bed and the IV...

  4. Interesting Flight stories

    Trauma1RN replied to WillsRN's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    That is

  5. Scope of practice question

    Trauma1RN replied to bluesky's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    At one facility I worked at only trauma certified nurse could hold a c-spine patient while out of the

  6. New Informatics nurse position

    Trauma1RN replied to windsormom's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Nursing informatics is an interesting job from what I hear. My old med/surg manager switched to this position and loves it. She helped implement paperless charting at our hospital. Currently she is...

  7. When should an infusion pump indicate an alarm

    Trauma1RN replied to djmac's topic in General Nursing

    The pumps we have at work are pretty neat. When pharmacy doses a high risk med such as insulin, heparin, vasopressin etc. it is labeled as a "guardrail" drug. The IV pumps are preprogrammed with...

  8. OMG...32 pts!

    Trauma1RN replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    The letter covers you in that situation. Granted, if you give a wrong med or cause harm then you are most likely going to face the BON. But if you didn't get to something that so be it, you stated...

  9. Should I say something to this student?

    Trauma1RN replied to CNAinNeb's topic in General Nursing

    You have a right to be concerned about your patients and to advocate for them. Anyone that is urine soaked for a long period of time is unacceptable. A few questions come to mind when thinking about...

  10. I'm an addict

    Trauma1RN replied to eneed1566's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That is a great story you have there. Luckily I cleaned up well before I started RN school. Oh the phrase "drug seeker".... I hate that saying more than any two words used in a hospital. True,...

  11. OMG...32 pts!

    Trauma1RN replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. Stating in a letter that you will do the best of your ability is not wrong. Whats the alternative? You walk, screw your co-workers even more, and the patients are in even more...

  12. do any of you like codes??

    Trauma1RN replied to ryanfocker's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am a big fan of codes. It all started when I worked med/surg as an aide. I always found myself gravitating towards the sick patients, and if there was code, I was always the second of third person...

  13. A Physician's disregard for families rights.

    Trauma1RN replied to DJ-Adia's topic in General Nursing

    I would write a letter stating exactly what happened to the medical director and the CEO of the hospital. Anyone can blow off a phone call, but if its written something has to be

  14. 8 Common Charting Mistakes to Avoid

    Trauma1RN replied to amy0123's topic in General Nursing

    You do need to document, but it is not necessarily true that you didn't do it if its not charted. Lawyers know this is being taught in schools and are taking advantage of it. A nurse can recall on...

  15. help me please with my cover letter ASAP

    Trauma1RN replied to NYC20's topic in General Nursing

    I would rephrase the "decompansate" quickly sentence. Maybe say something like "I have experience with high acuity patients". Another thing to think of is that taking care of high acuity patients...

  16. OMG...32 pts!

    Trauma1RN replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    If I were you I would write a letter stating something along the lines of "Due to the staffing shortage and the high census I believe that this is not safe practice, I will work my shift and care for...